Trott 'steered clear of Cook'

Alastair Cook's latest innings has put England in charge in India - but his team-mates knew it was a good idea to steer clear of the captain.

Cook was within two more boundaries of his third Test double-century when he was run out in bizarre circumstances on 190.

He had already done much to set his team on their way to a stumps total of 509 for six, and a lead of 193, at Eden Gardens where they can therefore hope to push for victory over the final two days of the third Test.

But such is Cook's insatiable quest for runs, in the team cause as well as his own, that those in the dressing room left him some distance after he made his way off.

Jonathan Trott (87), who shared a stand of 173 with his captain, made it clear the equable Cook is hardly one for histrionics.

It is not his style to turn the air blue with self-reproach or frustration. Yet even so - after the opener had somehow chosen not to ground his bat as a fierce direct-hit throw came in from midwicket and was therefore run out, backing up - Trott and others left the captain to his own devices for a while.